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Finance committee approves $275,000 transfer to begin conservatory design at Lockwood Matthews Mansion
Summary
The committee approved transferring $275,000 from underrun funds of a prior dispatch/communications project to the historical commission for research, design and engineering work on the Lockwood Matthews Mansion conservatory, citing structural rot and an estimated $1.5–$1.75 million full repair cost.
The Norwalk Finance and Claims Committee on Feb. 12 approved a $275,000 transfer to the city's Office of Building Management on behalf of the Historical Commission to fund research, engineering and design work for the conservatory at the Lockwood Matthews Mansion.
David Westmoreland, a member of the historical commission, described a worsening condition: "the conservatory has three main vertical support beams that have rotted from the…
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